As you can see breast cancer on these charts are found to be negligible but social awareness & media buffoonery is more towards breast cancer than other causes of death for FEMALE gender. Is it because men want to give more focus to women breasts? I would love to raise funds & research for leading cause of death more than fashionable ones. Yes they are important too, but you need to set your priorities right.

let women’s cricket or sports teams wear blue for a day in support of prostate cancer for men? ridiculous ? eh?

i would love to see pink dress in sports for 5 more top causes rather than a fancy low priority one.

As you can see breast cancer on these charts are found to be negligible but social awareness & media buffoonery is more towards breast cancer than other causes of death for FEMALE gender. Is it because men want to give more focus to women breasts? I would love to raise funds & research for leading cause of death more than fashionable ones. Yes they are important too, but you need to set your priorities right.

let women’s cricket or sports teams wear blue for a day in support of prostate cancer for men? ridiculous ? eh?

i would love to see pink dress in sports for 5 more top causes rather than a fancy low priority one.

GS, it is not just that it is 4% - it is the fact it afflicts and kills women 30 to 55, as well as older. Everyone dies of something at old age, but a killer of 1 in 25 women as young as in their 20's, is a bit different to a 90 year old dying of heart or brain failure or a 95 year old dying of the flu.

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

Going South wrote:how many younger girls die of breast cancer ? what is the top causes of death for young girls? I am sure it’s not breast cancer. i say there is too much unwarranted noise for just one cause.

According to the World Health Org, breast cancer is the number 1 killer of women aged 20 to 59.

Now - to the tri series. NZ fans are very keen to see more of Chapman and Seifert, as well as KW to continue in the vein of form and style fisplayed in the last match.

Is Finch going to captain Aus without Warner and Smith, or will a youngster get a go?

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

Going South wrote:expect couple of English players to get sick and leave middle of tournament saying they were home sick.

Doubtful. This has been a complete winter tour for England, with the first tour match in Australia commenced on 4 November, and the players will be in NZ playing tests on April.

But Root was already sent home for a break (he thought he was going to the IPL), and it is the young guys looking to advance their careers in Ball, Malan and T Curran who have been the only constants on tour so far, and have missed selection for plenty of games between them. Woakes, Ali and Bairstow with Root have been rested from the t20s. Vince missed the ODI matches.

So this is an impressive effort from England, who regularly get pushed to the extreme with long winter tours that would really test the depth in English cricket. But luckily for England, they do have depth and use it wisely to get a fair team rotation going. I think the current t20 team is much weaker than what they'd send out at home, but it was a strong a odi team that they produced, and barring injury and Stokes, it was their best test and odi team.

While the t20 side is lacking a lot of the allrounders on break or Stokes that provide such batting depth for England to play their way, for such a long and testing tour of NZ and Australia, something had to give, the selectors chose it to be the t20's, but with Hales, Roy, Morgan, and Butler, England are still not of it yet. And if they continue to lose, the selectors and public are well aware that the t20 team is deliberately not at full strength, but that in a nigh 6 month tour - something had to give.

Given NZC's reliance on Boult at present in all formats, NZ would struggle to do what England is doing. It wasn't that long ago that he was an iffy selection in t20, and not long before that he was a questionable selection in ODI. Now he is our goto new ball bowler in all formats. But with no winter tour last year nor this year scheduled at present, it is maintainable.

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

raja wrote:Wait, this is Mark Chapman's 22nd T20I and I'd never heard of him till today?I see he's also played 2 ODIs - and got a hundred too.I really need to follow limited-overs games more closely.

Don't fret. He played all those odi games for Hong Kong and most of the t20 games too.

Oh, that explains why I've never heard of this guy.Was surprised he already had so many T20Is to his name.I generally follow only Test cricket keenly.With only a passing interest in ODIs/T20s.I might watch the odd one with more interest (esp if it's a series-clincher or if there's a major milestone involved), but generally most ODIs/T20s pass me by. I sometimes check out scorecards - sometimes even miss out on that.

Paddles wrote:Don't fret. He played all those odi games for Hong Kong and most of the t20 games too.

Oh, that explains why I've never heard of this guy.Was surprised he already had so many T20Is to his name.I generally follow only Test cricket keenly.With only a passing interest in ODIs/T20s.I might watch the odd one with more interest (esp if it's a series-clincher or if there's a major milestone involved), but generally most ODIs/T20s pass me by. I sometimes check out scorecards - sometimes even miss out on that.

I watched the last 7 balls of this match. I dont think I've watched much of any of the rest of this series. Care factor is low.Dunno why. Just doesn't capture the imagination.

If Zampa gets the nod, Australia will be faced with a dilemma of culling one of their frontline quicks of Billy Stanlake, Kane Richardson and Andrew Tye, who have each starred at various stages during the tri-series. Australia's fresh team has matured quickly but the pressure will be intensified in an away final amid an electrifying atmosphere.

Zampa in for Stanlake who apart from his first match has done very little. Richardson has been the best of the quicks so he stays and Tye has a multitude of clever changeups. so he stays. Bye Billy. I would open with either Zamps or Ashton as the Kiwis, like us, are not all that great against the turning ball. Early wickets are a must on this postage stamp ground.

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Dumb selectors have stuck with the same side. Kiwis have gone in with two spinners.. that alone should have told us to do the same. We are bowling so early wickets are a must here on this tiny outfield.